What is this webinar about? 

This webinar will examine the law relating to fixed-term contracts of employment. The key piece of legislation is the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 (the “Act”) which prohibits Employers from treating fixed-term Employees less favourably than comparable permanent Employees and regulates the use of successive fixed-term contracts.

This webinar covers:

• scope of the fixed-term contracts legislation
• contracting out of the unfair dismissals legislation
• prohibition on using successive fixed term contracts to circumvent the unfair dismissals legislation
• discrimination risks and defences to discrimination claims
• fixed-term Employee information rights
• written notification requirements around expiry
• time limits and Employee acquisition of right to contract of indefinite duration
• examples of misuse of fixed-term contracts

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